The elephant in the room.
Here is some bad news that nobody talks about. As an individual business owner your risk of loosing everything you’ve put into your business is much higher than you think.
Yesterday I was lucky enough to sit down with a successful venture capitalist. He is a small guy as venture capitalists go. Out […]
A friend of mine has a nice part-time job in the afternoon, but the man who works mornings is in the hospital. It appears that he will be for some time. All things being equal, the morning man may not be back. My friend is working full days now. The money is more, but it […]
Nine years ago when I was 52 I decided that I was sick of retirement and that I wanted to go back to work. I was also sick of sales, a career I practiced for 20 years. I decided I needed to find some skills that employers wanted. I found a program […]
I’m off to Bloomington, Indiana for the weekend, but there were a few loose ends I wanted to clear up before leaving.
Web sites - When dealing with an Application Service Provider (ASP) you should expect that all their operational issues are being handled by another 3rd party provider who specializes in those areas. Operational areas […]
I’m evaluating a web site for a friend. The site provides an online business service which can be accessed over the web. My friend would be reselling this service as part of his on-going business. The question is “What do I look for?”
This will be a service relationship among the end user, the re-seller ( my friend) […]
Tempus fugit, time disappears is one of the oldest sayings in the world. Remember this was way before the Internet. Its 10 after 9 this morning. I’ve been up since 6:30 and I’ve just finished my prep work for the day; read the local newspaper and the WSJ, breakfast, wash dishes, shower, shave, read my e-mail, feed […]
“When do you plan to take Social Security?” was a question one of my friends asked me at a part on Saturday. Preferably, never. Its a damn depressing quesiton, but difficult to avoid all together when your helping people celebrated 35th annversaries. Incredibly funny when you see yourself in the wedding party all those years […]
I have been the butt of jokes about my inclination to take the occasional mid-day nap. The occassion being afternoon, though sometimes I do sneak in a bit before noon. Though the greater part of the civilized world partakes of a rejuvinating siesta Puritanical values and Mid-western sensibilities frown upon such a practice because it encourages sloth. Misplaced […]
Today I hooked up with a friend of mine who runs a virtual company. They used to be a real company, but for the past year they have become a virtual company. They may be actually be more virtual than most. Not only don’t they have any outside office, bu they don’t offer fringes and don’t […]
If I can get a little traction with my website it looks like the market is wide open. I went to Barnes & Nobel at lunch today because I like to browse bookstores. I walked through the magazine section just looking at categories when I dawned on me I should look for the yoga magazines. […]
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Written by Jean Murray [email] for b5media.
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